So when we last left off, we are introduced to the Drawfelles, reintroduced to Pooh, and Ash talks to Kotaro a bit about their Rider Belts.
So Mewtwo concludes from Snow White's story that Bowser had returned. His proof? He asked if she saw a giant spaceship. Yeah, it's not like anyone else had a giant spaceship. No, only Bowser has a giant spaceship and that is how he knows. You could have asked her a more specific question like "was there a giant red and green space ship" or "was there a bunch of polygons masquerading as a spaceship lurking about?" But, no. A simple question as "Did you see a spaceship" would work. Oh dear God did I get off topic.
So everyone goes "WHAT?" and Pooh begins to think of what they have to do. We then zoom into his ear to see tiny atoms and something that someone said fifteen minutes ago and you know I am trying to distract myself by referencing a better show. Besides, it's Muddy who comes up with the idea. Railroading at it's finest. The idea is to talk to Mother Nature. What? In the original Snow White, there was no talk of Mother Nature. Especially as some sort of God figure. If that is what Filmation is going for, I sure as hell hope they do not go with the Eco-Terrorist God ala Animus.
We then go back to Lord Maliss as he talks to AiW!Mirror. You know, when the villain has something that automatically reveals where the hero's base is, it's hard to take it seriously. Since Maliss has tons of minions that popped out from nowhere, he should just pull off what nearly every single Power Rangers Villain has ever done and storm the base. I will admit that AiW!Mirror trying to sound like the classic mirror is a nice bit, even if I weren't pretending that this was a direct sequel. So he also notices that Snow White allied herself with the blue rider that he handed his ass too on a nicely cooked platter and Bowser comments on how this will be the time where he will destroy Pooh. Oh, and I am glad that it's a different shot of Bowser instead of the usual one. So the mirror shows us where the group is heading. Rainbow Falls. The hell? This was not in the original... Screw it; we will be here all day if I point out the inconsistencies as if I was comparing The Land Before Time to one of its sequels.
Maliss begins to look for Scowl. Yes, it's meant to be spelt like that. Some people though (understandably) screw up on the spelling and call him Lord Malice. Also, there’s the misspelling of “Dwarf Elves”. No, I do not want to see a dwarf-elf hybrid, last I checked, they hate each other’s guts. So we return to Those Two Guys, Scowl and Batso (I am tempted to use the Bulk and Skull theme again but I will let it slide).
Scowl: He's gonna tear us apart!
Don't tempt me. So Ankh the Owl and Eiji the Bat proceed to hide. And we cut back to Pooh and Friends. The six Dwarfelles march happily. Guess which one is moping around all depressed. Yep! It's Blunderella! Is it okay if I set the rest of this scene to How Could This Happen To Me? Okay. So Blunderella angsts on how not special she is and Mewtwo tells her it is not a bad thing. Funny as this is coming from a clone, of all things. Rabbit says that Strawman Has a Point and we are given the moral of the story: Be Yourself. Thanks, but I think I'll go with the other thousand or so animated movies that went with that moral. We then see... what the hell is that? Then all of a sudden, this dog comes out... {gets a cue card revealing the Dog's name and brief history of the Dog}. His name is Zero... sigh. So Jack Skellington of Nightmare Before Christmas comes and follows Pooh.
So they arrive at the Rainbow Falls place, where Blunderella angsts again. Snow White tells her that things will not be as bad and Sunburn says that it will be worse. She then gets her head smashed in by a coconut. Followed by awkward laughing. And then we get... Another song! With no rhyme or reason! And since this is someone singing about baking something... Hey, we got to do the cooking by the book!
(Don't be too hasty!)
So Snow White finds Mother Nature and tries to ask her something but this Jerkass in the form of a talking Alice In Wonderland inspired sunflower tells her to wait for Mother Nature to finish her musical number. Oh, and there is a little "Who are you calling short" moment with Sunburn. Then Mother Nature creates something that might rival the Tucker Chimera in terms of Gone Horribly Wrong. A cat fish. GET IT? A CAT MIXED WITH A FISH INSTEAD OF AN ACTUAL CAT FISH? Okay. Filmation obviously made this with Alice In Wonderland in mind. Then she makes a horsefly. Then a bullfrog. Then a dormouse. Okay, I had enough of these juvenile jokes. 4Kids had better puns than this. So Snow White introduces herself. And then we have everyone introducing themselves. Oh boy, here we go. The good thing about it, the only good thing about it, is that we know who is with Pooh and who isn’t. So no random finger puppets saying “Men Don't Cry”.
Okay, so right off the bat, Mother Nature insults Blunderella and makes her cry. Then she proceeds to take away the Dwarfelle’s powers. For legit reasons. To compare, Animus from Power Rangers Wild Force took away the Rangers’ powers because he saw that Humans Are Bastards (and later saved his ass by justifying that it was meant to be a test for the Power Rangers despite the Rangers already proving they can protect the earth) and took away Earth’s means of protection (because he sure as hell will not protect it). Mother Nature took away the Dwarfelle’s powers because they are assholes abusing the powers onto each other; Earth is not screwed over because Mother Nature still has her powers and only gave the Dwarfelles her powers to help her, not to replace her. She can handle the job of watching the earth, and has handled it for several thousand years. Why am I saying this? Because this is exactly like one of the worst (if not the worst) plot points of Power Rangers Wild Force, but done right. And this was a good few years before Wild Force even began. Okay, I do see the whole point in Animus ranting on “what good is protecting the planet if people just keep polluting,” kind of like if someone wrote a Dark Fic for Captain Planet and boy did I go off topic.
So back to the story, Mother Nature calls out the Dwarfelles for making mistakes, and then Snow White calls her out for making mistakes. Little ones though. Yeah, little ones. And clearly Snow White thinks that if Mother Nature gave Thunderella a chance, she could do her job. Uh, did you listen to Mother Nature? She said that all the Dwarfelles are at fault, not just Thunderella. And I just pointed out why above.
And then Bowser appears! And Maliss! But wait! The Dwarfelles lack their powers! And Pooh and his Friends are pretty much useless! Who can save us? Oh... I know who...
Ash and Kotaro transform into their Rider Forms and... the part is over. AT THE GOOD PART TOO!
